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US strikes Iranian targets after Houthi attacks on tankers; Trump warns of ‘major punishment’

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TEHRAN, July 24 — The United States launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iranian military targets early today, marking the thirteenth night of active combat in the region as […]

Is Sudan setting itself up for another militia crisis?

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KHARTOUM, July 23 — In Sudan’s capital, young militiamen, some no older than 15, ride around in pickup trucks mounted with missiles: a familiar sight to civilians who remember how […]

Japan coins ‘Kokushobi’ term for ‘cruelly hot’ 40°C days behind skyrocketing hospitalisations

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TOKYO, July 23 — Tokyo recorded on Wednesday the most daily heat-related hospitalisations since 2010, emergency services said as Japan sweltered in a severe heatwave, with one person dead and […]

Pizza power: India’s ‘cockroach’ protesters fed by nationwide flood of fast food deliveries

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NEW DELHI, July 23 — Supporters from across India are literally feeding “cockroach” education-reform protesters camped in the capital, sending a deluge of pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and tea. As activists […]

Brussels slaps Google with US$1b fines, Digital Markets Act delivers biggest blow yet

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BRUSSELS, July 23 — The European Union on Thursday slapped Google with fines worth 890 million euros (US$1 billion) in a move that risks escalating tensions with the United States. […]

China fires water cannon at Philippine coast guard vessels near Scarborough Shoal

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MANILA, July 23 — The Philippines accused China’s coast guard of firing water cannon and using a “dangerous manoeuvre” on Thursday to block vessels bringing aid to Filipino fishermen near […]

Asean foreign ministers to demand freedom of navigation in Hormuz strait

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MANILA, July 23 — Foreign ministers from fuel-stressed Southeast Asia will call for freedom of navigation in international straits when they wrap a week of meetings largely overshadowed by the […]

Modi finally breaks silence on India exam scandal as Cockroach Party protests intensify

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NEW DELHI, July 23 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Thursday “stringent punishment” for those involved in exam fraud that has fuelled student anger, in his first direct […]

Five soldiers killed in Thai checkpoint ambush, six civilians wounded

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BANGKOK, July 23 — Five Thai soldiers were killed in a shooting and bomb attack at a checkpoint in the country’s insurgency-hit south, the army said, one of the deadliest […]

South Korean police raid country’s election commission over alleged vote rigging

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SEOUL, July 23 — South Korean investigators raided the election commission on Thursday over indications its officials falsified vote turnout figures in June local elections, a spokesman told AFP. Dozens […]

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